Is the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver posted on the first post safe?, it doesn't appear to be alpha or beta and says whql, so why is it not available from Intel's website?

Furthermore why is the one at Intel's site two downloads and the one posted here only one?

Sorry if these sound like really noob questions, but this is my very first time building my own system and setting it up and I just want to make sure I got everything right.

PS: I have a P8P67 Deluxe.

The download on the Intel site is actually only one download, depending on what you need.

The first in the list is for 32bit windows, the second for 64bit windows, and the third contains both the 32 and 64 bit versions.

It is different than the one linked to in the original post, in that it is a newer revision. Intel has listed IRST 10.1.0.1008 (revision 1008), where the first page of this post links to revision 1004.

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Originally Posted by Eaglake

how much voltage you would recomend for 5.2GHz OC?

There is no real good answer to that. Each CPU is different with what it requires to stay stable. I could guess that based on what I have seen, you are looking at 1.5V+.

I can hit 5.1 @ 1.48V very easily, but to get to 5.2, I have to push it to 1.56, and even then, unless windows is already running (ie I've done the OC in TurboV inside windows), my computer won't boot at that voltage. It will run relatively stable at that, crashes in Prime after 8hrs, but just won't boot windows for anything.Edited by xandypx - 4/16/11 at 9:01am

When I try to install the new bios it wont let me take it off the usb in windows. Keeps Say ROM only. DO I have to do it from inside bios? If so how do I do that in detail plz?

Did you figure this out?

If not boot into the bios using the del key. Click on Exit/Advanced Mode and go to Advanced Mode. Then you click the Tool tab and select ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility. From there you just select the ROM from your flash drive that you want to use

I was using it on my P8P67 PRO with no problems and now im using it with my Sabertooth and all is fine. Its a massive improvement over the default drivers Windows installs.

When I first got my P8P67 in February, I ran a ATTO disk test on my SSD. With the BIOS set to AHCI and the default Microsoft driver, I got the full rated 285 mbyte/sec read on my SSD. Write was 270, only down about 5. Based on this I decided to stick with the Microsoft driver. I really feel it is more stable. Also, the RST drivers add additional Windows services, 2 I think. That's more OS CPU and memory overhead for virtually no gain in performance. I would benchmark the Microsoft driver with your setup before installing the intel driver. Why install it if you get full speed without it?